To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many houses in (a) Wales, (b) Gwent and (c) Newport are classified as unfit to live in at the latest available date;(2) how many houses in
(a) Wales, (b) Gwent and (c) Newport are seriously in need of repair at the latest available date;
(3) how many houses in (a) Wales, (b) Gwent and (c) Newport lack (i) an inside toilet and (ii) a fixed bath at the latest available date.
Estimates from the 1986 Welsh house condition survey are given in the table together with the available comparative data on the significant improvement achieved since 1981. The data relate only to dwellings used as first homes.of dwellings renovated in Wales, Gwent and Newport since October 1986 are 53,900, 8,800 and 1,500 respectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many housing completions there were in (a) Wales, (b) Gwent and (c) Newport in 1979; and what is the next recent figure;(2) how many housing starts there were in 1979 in
(a) Wales, (b) Gwent and (c) Newport; and what is the most recent figure.
The information requested is given in the following table:
| Housing Starts | Housing Completions | |||
| 1979 | 1988 | 1979 | 1988 | |
| Newport | 432 | 456 | 594 | 646 |
| Gwent | 1,485 | 1,589 | 1,575 | 1,601 |
| WALES | 11,426 | 13,037 | 11,265 | 11,037 |